Chapter 68

To avoid such large-scale movements, they chose to expose their black market operations. The Black Dragon Society acted as the critical bottleneck in these transactions: money and goods. They functioned as an intermediary platform. In any town where a Black Dragon Society black market existed, there were inevitably hidden warehouses where suppliers would deliver their goods. They also ran banks, where buyers would deposit their funds. Once a supplier delivered the goods to a warehouse, they could take a commercial voucher to the bank to withdraw their silver. Subsequently, the Black Dragon Society would deliver the goods to the location specified by the buyer. Avoiding prying eyes was the first benefit. The second was that the Black Dragon Society took a forty-percent cut of every transaction. This was why Wang Zhaoxing had quoted a price of twenty wen—because the lion's share was being pocketed by the Black Dragon Society. He simply hadn't expected Shi Yi to be even more ruthless. Although the Black Dragon Society took a hefty cut, they eliminated the risk of the parties involved losing their heads, which was why so many people were desperate to squeeze into the black market. The Black Dragon Society was, in itself, a product of the hostility between the two nations.